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Court likely to uphold gay marriages Justices grill attorney for GOP lawmakers trying to block licenses By Steve Terrell The New Mexican
A leading legislative advocate against same-sex marriage and at least some gay-rights activists agree
on one thing: After a two-hour hearing in which the state Supreme Court grilled lawyers about same sex-marriage, both said they believe the court will strike down laws prohibiting gay couples from marrying. The case, Griego vs. Oliver, was filed several months ago after Bernalillo County Clerk Maggie
The Rev. John Cullian of the Unitarian Church in Los Alamos and his wife, Jess, watch a webcast of the Supreme Court hearing on same-sex marriage Wednesday at the Inn of the Governors. CLYDE MUELLER THE NEW MEXICAN
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Watch party: Crowd voices optimism By Robert Nott The New Mexican
Placitas resident Carolyn Van Housen was feeling pretty optimistic following Wednesday morning’s live stream of the state Supreme Court discussion over the
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Immigrant advocates focus fight on Pearce Groups backing citizenship aim to win over GOP lawmaker By Uriel J. Garcia
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With the federal government back to work, pro-immigration groups in the Santa Fe area are rekindling efforts to push U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce to rethink his position on a measure that would provide a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants in the country, including 85,000 in New Mexico. Pearce is the sole member of the state’s congressional delegation who is opposed to immigration reform. Republican lawmakers have given mixed signals on whether they will vote on the issue. The GOP-led House has stalled on a bill, passed by the Senate in June, that would increase border security and grant citizenship to undocumented immigrants. Last week, Pearce, the state’s lone Republican lawmaker, said he thinks the House will consider the issue, and House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he’s hopeful Congress can take action on immigration legislation. “We can’t afford to postpone the discussion on immigration reform — millions of people
Albuquerque High likely to match legendary 1990s losing streak BY WILL WEBBER THE NEW MEXICAN
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Ortiz Middle School Principal Steve Baca, shown in his office Wednesday, was the head football coach at Santa Fe High School in 1994, when the team broke its 37-game losing streak. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
he surviving members of the Miami Dolphins’ undefeated football run to the Super Bowl VII title in 1972 are known to pop the cork on a bottle of bubbly whenever the final team drops from the ranks of the NFL’s unbeaten. Around Santa Fe, no such celebrations take place when a team falls short of surpassing a milestone of a far more dubious nature. “I wouldn’t wish what we went through on anyone,” says Matt Vasquez, a 1995 Santa Fe High graduate and a four-year veteran of Santa Fe High’s football program. “There are experiences in life that you never want to relive and at the same time you don’t want anyone else to experience, either. This is one of those things.” Now the head athletic trainer at Moriarty High School, Vasquez, 36, was part of the longest losing streak in New Mexico high school football history.
legality of same-sex marriages in New Mexico. “It was wonderful to be around so many like-minded people, professional people who have worked so hard to bring this day to fruition.
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u As the Bulldogs look to tie the losingstreak record, the coach’s real goal is a more stable program. sPORTs, B-1
Starting with their season opener in a winless 1991 season and extending through the final week of September 1994, Vasquez and the rest of the Demons dropped 37 consecutive games in a three-and-half-year period to establish a state standard for futility. That standard, however, may soon be scrubbed from the top line of the record book, thanks to Albuquerque High, a team sitting on a 36-game skid that could equal the all-time mark Friday night, when the Bulldogs face Atrisco Heritage Academy. They can reach 38 games with a loss on Halloween night against District
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5AAAAA rival West Mesa. The odds of them winning either are considered unlikely. “If I had a chance to go into that locker room and talk to those Albuquerque High kids,” says Aaron Olivares, “I’d tell them from my own personal experience that what they’re going through doesn’t define them. To me, 37 is just a number. I kinda joke about it now, almost like it’s a pride thing. Whatever their streak gets to, they need to know that it’s just a number. Ten years from now, no one’s going to remember what it
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‘I Hate Hamlet’ Santa Fe Playhouse presents the play by Paul Rudnick, 4 p.m., Santa Fe Playhouse, 142 E. De Vargas St., $20 general admission, discounts available, 505-9884262, continues Friday-Sunday, Oct. 25-27.
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